I think this means you must sign up for a license, which involves having gathered and organized a significant amount of paperwork as well as forking over the license fee at the time you schedule your Step 3 exam.
Admission Requirements for USMLE Step 3
You must submit an application for New York State licensure+fee and satisfy all professional education requirements for New York State licensure as well as any requirements of the USMLE before you can be admitted to USMLE Step 3. To sit for USMLE Step 3, you must have satisfactorily completed USMLE Step 1 and Step 2.
USMLE Step 3 is administered by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). You should contact FSMB by telephone at (817) 571-2949 or by fax at (817) 868-4098 to request information on registering for the examination.
In turn, to apply for licensure, you must have done the following:
1. Verifying Your Credentials
To ensure authenticity of credentials, the New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions requires that your qualifications for licensure be verified independently. [....]
To assist in the evaluation process, applicants educated outside the U.S. must submit photocopies of their original education credentials with their licensure application and fee. If the credentials are not in English, your submission of translations, if available, would be helpful. You may be asked to provide acceptable official translations of all or part of these education credentials at a later date. Please note that we cannot officially evaluate your education and you will not be licensed until we receive the required independent verification directly from the organization where you met the requirement.
2. Education Requirements
To satisfy the education requirements for licensure as a physician, you must present evidence of both Preprofessional Education & Professional Education. Completion of an acceptable medical education program of at least six years may satisfy Preprofessional Education & Professional Education requirement.
Graduates of Nonaccredited Medical Programs (i.e. schools abroad) require Satisfactory completion of the following:
A curriculum of not less than 32 months (4 academic years) in a medical program recognized as an acceptable educational program for physicians by the appropriate civil authorities of the country in which the school is located and receipt of the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, or the equivalent as determined by the Department. You must complete the final year of medical education at the school which awarded you the degree.
A satisfactory proficiency examination. Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification will satisfy this requirement. [A PDF version of the Request for Status Report of ECFMG Certification is on the ECFMG site.] A satisfactory diplomate certificate earned by examination may be accepted by the Department in lieu of ECFMG certification.
"Fifth Pathway" Applicants
Applicants wishing to qualify under the provisions of Section 6528 of the Education Law must complete a "Fifth Pathway" program.
Clinical Clerkships
Clinical clerkships must be performed in accordance with the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which they take place.
If you graduated from a non- LCME-accredited medical school located in one country but completed one or more clinical clerkships in a different country, those clerkships must be certified (Form 2CC) For each hospital in which you have completed such a clerkship, the Director of Medical Education or Department Chair must certify your completion of the clerkships.
Child Abuse Identification Reporting
Each applicant for licensure as a physician or for a limited permit in this profession must complete coursework or training in the identification and reporting of child abuse according to Section 6507 (3)(a) of the Education Law.
Infection Control and Barrier Precautions
Each applicant for licensure as a physician and all physicians and holders of limited permits to practice medicine must complete course work or training appropriate to their practice regarding infection control and barrier precautions, including engineering and work controls to prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the hepatitis b virus (HBV) in the course of professional practice, every four years according to Chapter 786 of the Laws of 1992. You must attest to having completed this requirement to the State Education Department on your first licensure/registration application and at each subsequent registration.
Experience
Postgraduate Training Requirements
Graduates of Registered or Accredited Medical Programs
If you graduated from a NYS-registered or LCME - or AOA-accredited medical program or are pursuing the 5th Pathway route to licensure, you must complete at least one year of postgraduate hospital training in an accredited residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Graduates of Nonaccredited Medical Programs
If you did not graduate from a NYS-registered or LCME- or AOA-accredited medical program, you must complete at least three years of postgraduate hospital training in an accredited residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For more information, contact the Office of the Professions' Bureau of Comparative Education by phone at (518) 474-3817, ext. 300, by fax at (518) 486-2966, or by email at
[email protected]
Please Note: Completion of postgraduate training is not required for admission to USMLE Step 3.
